Acculturation, optimism, and relatively fewer depression symptoms among mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 566-576

  González, Patricia ^a,c   González, Gerardo M ^b  

^a California State University ^*

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Population Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57549086477     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.2.566-576     Document Type: Article

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